Water-bag.



No. 718,053. PATENTBD JAN. 6,, 1903.

'1. GREGORY.

WATER BAG.

APPLICATION TILED 0013, 1902.

H0 MODEL.

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THOMAS GREGORY, or AKRON, OHIO, Assrenon OF ONE-HALF TO THOMAS w. MILLER, or AKRON, OHIO.

WATER! BAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 718,053, dated January 6, 1903.

Application filed October 3, 1902. Serial No. 125,779. (No model.)

To ail w/wm it may concern: I

Be it known that LTHOMAS GREGORY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Water-Bags, of which the following is aspecificati0n.-

My invention relates to water-bags, and has for its object to provide a removable covering of textile material for the same having means by draw-strings puckering'the inclosing bag' around the neck of the water-bag. It is to 2 5 this latter construction that my presentinvention is directed, the same consisting of a fastening device for attaching the inclosing bag to the water-bag at the neck of the latter, whereby the two will be retained together, thus facilitating the manipulation of the draw-strings to bring togetherthe neck of the inclosing bag and causing the same to embrace the water-bag at the neck thereof.

In the drawings accompanying this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a water-bag and its inclosing bag, the latter being shown attached and tied in position. Fig. 2 is a similar View showing the neck of the inclosing bag opened and the fastener discono nected.

Similar numerals of reference denote corresponding parts in the two views.

In the said drawings the reference-numeral 1 denotes the ordinary rubber water-bag, pro- Vided, as usual, with the neck 2, the flaring mouth 3, and the stopper 4. An inclosing bag 5,0f any suitable textile material,is adapted to inclose and snugly fit the bag 1 when filled and is provided with the usual drawstrings 6 to pucker the neck thereof around the neck of the water-bag 1, as shown in Fig. 1. Fixed to the neck 2 of rubber bag 1 is one member 7 of a fastening device, shown in this instance as the male member or spring-head of an ordinary glove-fastener, while attached to the inclosing bag 5 is the female member or socket 8 of the fastener, so located as to be engaged with the other member 7 to detachably fasten the water-bag 1 and inclosin bag 5 together at the neck of the former.

At the bottom the water-bag 1 is provided with the usual loop or ring 9, the same passing through a slit or aperture in bag 5 and providing meansforsuspending the two necks downward when not in use.

In operation the bag 1 may be removed from bag 5 and filled, stoppered, and'dried and the bag 5 then replaced. Now by connecting the two members 7 and 8 of the fastener the two bags are retained permanently together at the neck of bag 1, and the drawstrings 6, located in bag 5, may be drawn to pucker the neck of said bag, as shown in Fig.

l, the fastener causing said puckering to take place around the neck 2 of bag 1.

While I have shown and described the fastener as consisting of an ordinary glove-fastener, I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the same, as any other suitable fastening device may be employed.

Although I have shown and described but one fastening device for uniting the two bags, it will be understood that, if desired, the same may be duplicated on the other side of the neck 2 or a plurality of the same around neck 8 2 maybe employed, thus dispensing with the necessity for employing the draw-strings 6.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 9o 1. The combination with an interior watertight bag, and a removable cover therefor, of means on the two for fastening them together at one or more points.

2. As an article of manufacture, a waterbag consisting of an interior impermeable bag, an exterior and removable covering-bag, and. means on said bags for detachably fastening the two together.

3. As an article of manufacture, a waterbag consisting of an interior impermeable bag, an exterior and removable bag, means on said bags for fastening the two together, and

means for puckering the neck of the inclos- 1o ing bag around the neck of the inner bag.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS GREGORY.

Witnesses:

H. E. ANDRESS, R. M. KELLER. 

